Import/export HS code 850132: Medium power motors

Electric motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
United States 40,894,901
France 25,132,815
Germany 23,228,887
Singapore 11,829,885
Japan 9,750,467

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 21,322,458 19,572,443 -1,750,015
France 12,799,428 12,333,387 -466,041
Germany 12,707,716 10,521,171 -2,186,545
Singapore 9,938,967 1,890,918 -8,048,049
Japan 5,882,961 3,867,506 -2,015,455
Netherlands 4,110,273 4,480,074 +369,801
China 2,126,652 2,254,840 +128,188
Morocco 1,694,263 1,334,450 -359,813
Saudi Arabia 1,947,728 823,112 -1,124,616
Belgium 1,255,720 1,256,540 +820

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
United States 64,848,285
United Kingdom 34,677,716
Germany 14,430,261
France 9,930,791
Japan 9,753,228

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 34,638,226 30,210,059 -4,428,167
United Kingdom 23,728,852 10,948,864 -12,779,988
Germany 7,069,664 7,360,597 +290,933
France 4,913,035 5,017,756 +104,721
Japan 5,783,538 3,969,690 -1,813,848
China 3,554,095 3,397,643 -156,452
Philippines 1,882,641 1,443,834 -438,807
Italy 1,398,355 926,895 -471,460
Canada 1,228,231 986,367 -241,864
Czechia 1,047,873 369,477 -678,396

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 58
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
Inner London - West 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 36 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 29 +6
Inner London - West 24 22 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 22 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 22 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 17 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 17 -2
Greater Manchester 20 18 -2
West Yorkshire 15 16 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 16 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 129,817,242
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,468,841
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,257,238
Other 508,546
Road transport 184,437

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 74,594,776 55,222,466 -19,372,310
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,204,539 7,264,302 -1,940,237
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,764,638 7,492,600 -272,038
Other 134,121 374,425 +240,304
Road transport 99,822 84,615 -15,207

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 52,763,734
East Midlands Airport 37,532,057
London Stansted Airport 22,186,231
Southampton 8,132,838
Manchester Airport 6,076,437

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Heathrow Airport 30,808,199 21,955,535 -8,852,664
East Midlands Airport 21,989,820 15,542,237 -6,447,583
London Stansted Airport 12,683,859 9,502,372 -3,181,487
Southampton 6,361,166 1,771,672 -4,589,494
Manchester Airport 2,474,137 3,602,300 +1,128,163
Glasgow Airport 3,659,283 1,966,493 -1,692,790
Dover 2,692,971 2,033,056 -659,915
London Gateway Port 250,505 3,022,598 +2,772,093
Felixstowe 1,247,855 1,970,329 +722,474
Eurotunnel 1,196,261 1,653,714 +457,453

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 114
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 81
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 53
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 106
2025-11 120
2025-10 130
2025-09 115
2025-08 94

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
54m+ 246
1m-15m 210
15m-54m 66
0-1m 55
Other 49

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
United States 60,422,993
France 33,698,284
Germany 18,989,272
India 8,200,060
Netherlands 6,952,929

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 32,487,589 27,935,404 -4,552,185
France 15,801,717 17,896,567 +2,094,850
Germany 9,177,334 9,811,938 +634,604
India 5,742,773 2,457,287 -3,285,486
Netherlands 3,515,515 3,437,414 -78,101
United Arab Emirates 2,329,847 3,464,510 +1,134,663
Saudi Arabia 3,229,287 2,397,182 -832,105
Singapore 3,230,541 1,293,285 -1,937,256
China 2,294,663 1,466,032 -828,631
Sweden 1,223,053 2,521,208 +1,298,155

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 65,258
Germany 45,379
Italy 12,903
China 8,099
Netherlands 4,390

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 3,640 61,618 +57,978
Germany 34,063 11,316 -22,747
Italy 12,903 0 -12,903
China 7,326 773 -6,553
Netherlands 4,390 0 -4,390
Belgium 0 2,329 +2,329

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 171,401,343
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,160,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,002,341
Other 159,220
Road transport 64,426

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 90,631,304 80,770,039 -9,861,265
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,011,095 6,149,118 +138,023
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,081,157 921,184 -1,159,973
Other 67,026 92,194 +25,168
Road transport 64,426 0 -64,426

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 82,586,232
East Midlands Airport 27,491,874
London Stansted Airport 19,969,438
Manchester Airport 16,143,455
ZLC 14,595,634

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Heathrow Airport 40,440,767 42,145,465 +1,704,698
East Midlands Airport 14,835,539 12,656,335 -2,179,204
London Stansted Airport 8,564,100 11,405,338 +2,841,238
Manchester Airport 10,655,670 5,487,785 -5,167,885
ZLC 10,569,474 4,026,160 -6,543,314
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,261,243 3,844,842 -1,416,401
Glasgow Airport 2,628,237 3,300,782 +672,545
Warton Aerodrome 2,205,463 1,133,675 -1,071,788
Immingham Docks 999,580 2,097,540 +1,097,960
Edinburgh Airport 610,400 354,812 -255,588

Quick facts

HS code: 850132

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Electric motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW